Comments on: Circles to curb speeding on Chimborazo

By: Juliellen

Juliellen — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:44:49 +0000

Garry, the whole point is to slow traffic in residential areas. I certainly would not want to live in a place where people are speeding through to the interstate as fast as they can!

By: Garry

Garry — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:40:38 +0000

They need to remove some of those stop signs and circles on at least one avenue out of Church & Fulton Hills. It’s ridiculous that there is no quick way for me to get to the interstate in less than 20 minutes!

By: Ramzi

Ramzi — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:51:10 +0000

Those little circles they put in are already falling apart, it looks like they’re just brick on sand.

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:59:01 +0000

Does anyone know who Valerie Jarrett is, and what she does????

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:55:36 +0000

I also live in the 600 block of Chimborazo Blvd. The roundabouts have done little to slow traffic. Some people do slow down but many do not. They whip around the circles as fast as they can.

The roundabouts if done properly look at the new roundabouts in Chesterfield County where they were planned. They do slow traffic and look great.

What these roundabouts are doing to the residents on Chimborazo:
They are preventing residents from parking in front of or close to their home.
They are small at best and look out of place.

The problem is speeders. Lets deal with the problem. Give tickets to those who speed. This will make people more aware of the speed in the City (25 MPH) and especially on Chimborazo and will bring revenue into the City. Roundabouts are an expensive bandaide approach to what the real problem is. Oh I forgot its stimulus money they need to spend!!

I also disagree with you that Chimborazo is narrow. It is one of the widest streets in Church Hill. It was lined with trees when my husband and I move here 19 years ago. If you were standing on Broad looking down Chimborazo it was a beautiful site. That is one of the reasons we chose to live on Chimborazo Blvd. There are residents who do not want the traffic circles and I am one of them.

We have become a society where people are not held accountable for their actions. We need to get back to that accountability.

By: jim on the james

jim on the james — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:00:03 +0000

CHDrew#20, the process for getting stop signs on E Broad was that Delores McQuinn decided where she wanted stop signs and introduced a paper to have them installed. I’m sure she was responding to requests from the neighborhood, but she ignored the advice of City traffic engineers who did not agree with her recommendations. She did eliminate the stop sign from the intersection of Broad and 35th once she found out that’s not an intersection, just my front porch. As someone who lives on Broad, I think traffic is worse since the signs went up. If I lived on one of the N/S streets I might feel differently.

By: john_m

john_m — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:58:09 +0000

Circular islands slow traffic on Chimborazo (RTD 7/5/09)

By: deanna

deanna — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:30:41 +0000

I’ve heard from neighbors that the GRTC drivers had a bit of a speeding habit up and down Chimborazzo. They’ve logged several complaints. Guess they’ll need to learn to slow it down a few more notches to adjust to the circles.

By: UnionHill RVA

UnionHill RVA — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:31:19 +0000

Just encountered this NHTSA fun fact while doing my online driving school:

“Far fewer crashes occur at intersections with roundabouts than at intersections with signals or stop signs. A study conducted in Maine of 24 intersections before and after their conversion to roundabouts showed a 39% overall decrease in crashes and a 76% decrease in injury producing crashes. Collisions involving fatal or incapacitating injuries fell by almost 90%.”

By: RedOnClay

RedOnClay — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:57:29 +0000

I watched a GRTC bus plow right over the one on the corner of Chimbo and E Clay two days ago. Knocked the paver stones all out of whack on the east side of the circle.

On that note, one of the worst offenders of speeding and stop-sign cruising I’ve seen are the GRTC drivers. Being an avid cyclist and scooterist, I give them a very wide berth when I’m out on 2 wheels or 4.

By: North Richmond News » Roundabouts roundup - Richmond, Virginia

North Richmond News » Roundabouts roundup - Richmond, Virginia — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:52:21 +0000

[...] assume that DPW is talking more about these temporary traffic circles seen in Church Hill and less about the proposed roundabout at Hermitage and [...]

By: Nichole

Nichole — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:45:41 +0000

I called this morning and provided positive feedback on the traffic circles.

By: crd

crd — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:42:47 +0000

Caroline #23, I like your ideas. Don’t know if the sheriff’s dept. would go for it though…they’d probably want overtime pay. But I really do think people should raise a great deal of noise about the speeding issues up here – and it’ really the entire area, not just some streets. When I lived on Marshall Street, buses were also a big offender. And the traffic coming in on Main Street from the east end is going at least fifty mph, too.

This entire article starts with this:
“The Transportation Engineering Division is looking for feedback with regard to the circles â€œas compared to all-way stop sign intersectionsâ€ at (804)646-0442.”

So we should all call that number and voice our concerns, in addition to posting here.

By: Nichole

Nichole — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:39:19 +0000

I’ve lived at Chimborazo and Marshall for 3 years now, and have voiced Chimbo Blvd. speeding concerns to the City and to GRTC (they are, quite easily, some of the biggest offenders). There was a definite issue with vehicles racing down the cobblestones all hours day and night. I’ve noticed in the past week that the addition of the traffic circles has significantly reduced the speeding issue and levels of noise in our home (ahhhh!). I’ve also noticed less traffic, so my guess is that the circles are encouraging some drivers to choose alternate routes. Woo hoo! I’m frequently in my front garden, and I’ve enjoyed a week of relatively peaceful gardening. I think the circles are highly successful in their purpose, so I don’t see why stop signs would make a better alternative. They just give buses and others more opportunity for their famous “jack rabbit” starts. I’m sick of the noise and exhaust.

By: carolyn

carolyn — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:04:22 +0000

this is a great vehicle for venting but we should be calling the police station and our “great policical leaders” pun intended, and letting them know how serious the problem is and asking for more money to be put into the police budget which they cut time and time again. We do not want bandaides we want results, we want tickets written licenses taken away and jail sentences if that is what it takes to let people know we will not tolerate speeders.
Letting our police chief know we expect our police officers to keep our streets safe not only from drugs, and crime but also from speeders. We also need to be proactive and report crime. Last but not least THAT THE LAW WOULD APPLY TO ALL. all